e.g Digestive canals

Question 1

Ingestion of food takes place. Food is mechanically digested by the teeth.
SALIVARY GLANDS secretes SALIVA that CONTAINS AMYLASE (enzyme) to break down carbohydrates into maltose (sugar). food forms into a BOLUS.

Answer 1

MOUTH

Question 2

The bolus travels through the throat and through the esophagus.

Peristalsis (wave-like muscle movement) moves the food bolus through the esophagus into the stomach

Answer 2

PHARYNX AND ESOPHAGUS

Question 3

Food is both mechanically and chemically digested

Answer 3

STOMACH

Question 4

Food is further broken down in the?
Bile from the liver emulsifies (combine and break down) fats.

Answer 4

SMALL INTESTINE

Question 5

Water is absorbed from the indigestible remains. Vitamins produced by bacteria in the (?) are absorbed.

Answer 5

LARGE INTESTINE

Question 6

The stool (feces) is stored at the (?) just before defecation. The stool collected in the in the rectum will leave the opening at the far end of the digestive tract which is the (?)

Answer 6

RECTUM AND ANUS